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Skim

Skim - 1.2.3

PDF reader and note-taker.

All Time: (4.6)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.2.3
Release Date: 2009-06-09
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 1,333
Downloads (all versions): 42,703

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Product Description:

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

Stop printing and start skimming.

Features:
  • Viewing PDFs
  • Adding and editing notes
  • Highlighting important text
  • Making "snapshots" for easy reference
  • Navigation using table of contents or thumbnails
  • View all your notes and highlights
  • Convenient reading in full screen
  • Giving powerful presentations
  • Handy preview of internal links
  • Focus using a reading bar
  • Magnification tool
  • Extensive AppleScript support
  • Bookmarks
  • Support for Apple Remote Control
  • Interaction with LaTeX and PDFSync
  • Spotlight support
  • Highly customizable
  • And much more...

What's new in this version:

  • You can now save PostScript and DVI with attached Skim notes.
  • Change hidden default for the full screen and presentation navigation behavior, allow disabling it.
  • Add a zoom slider in the full screen navigation controls.
  • Workaround for Leopard's buggy identification of file types.
  • Fix selection behavior of toolbar buttons on Tiger.
  • Fix activation of line wells in notes preferences.
  • Increase minimum size of page column in snapshots table.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Skim ReviewVersion Tracker behind the curve? - Version: 1.2.1, 2/4/2009 04:42AM PST

Robert Marcum
Skim is a superb little freeware app for marking up pdfs. I'm finding it indispensable to my work as an editor. If only I could manipulate the type style within the notes . . .

However, I found this morning that my Version Tracker Pro "Available Updates" list is reporting one release version behind the one posted here, on the Skim website, and on the app's "New Software" list! Is this a bug?
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Skim Reviewexcellent - Version: 1.2.1, 2/4/2009 12:28AM PST

M.B.
I've been using skim for quite some time now and I'm perfectly happy with it. It replaces preview for me completely. Here are some suggestions, though, which I personally would like to see:
1. it would be nice to have some preference settings which opens all documents with some default zoom
2. Something like the Safari history menu item would be great (with items 'earlier today','yesterday' etc) - probably very helpful for those who work with lots of pdfs every day
3. When I'm working with many documents opened at the same time, it would be nice to have tabs, and some hotkeys to jump between tabs/windows

Please continue the excellent work!
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Skim CommentaryWas a great app....until Leopard released new version of Preview - Version: 1.1.13, 10/7/2008 12:30PM PST

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Kudrabar
The new version of Preview in Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) does many of the things that Skim was created to do, so I no longer need Skim.
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